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Conference diary: Boris in his own words, What silly willies, Bingo on the trains and Hammond cracks a joke

Patrick Kidd

September 30 2014, 1:01am, The Times

Boris Johnson addresses a rally of Conservative supporters held by the website, ConservativeHome during the Conservative Party conferencePA

Boris in his own words

Boris Johnson, that middle-aged Justin Bieber, got a standing ovation before he had uttered a word at a ConservativeHome rally. When he got on to words, they included typical examples from the Boris lexicon, such as ziggurat, lamprey and jalopy. In the Q&A post orationem (as BoJo would say), he compared himself to the emperor Augustus — “did some extraordinary things with transport infrastructure” — and ended with: “I was amazed to be elected mayor of London. Plenty of Londoners were amazed too. I even won a ward in Hackney. Can’t think why.”

What silly willies

The subject of Brooks Newmark and his errant tallywhacker rumbles on. I’m told that after news broke of the MP’s Sunday tabloid downfall, Gavin…